Jeremiah 35:8

So we have hearkened unto the voice of Jonadab, son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us,—not to drink wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons nor our daughters;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

In Context

7nor house, shall ye build nor, seed, shall ye sow, nor vineyard, shall ye plant, neither shall ye have them,—but in tents, shall ye dwell, all your days, that ye may live many days on the face of the soil where ye are sojourning.

9and not to build houses for us to dwell in,—and so, vineyard or field or seed, have we none;

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Cross References

Proverbs 4:1Hear, ye sons, the correction of a father, and attend, that ye may know understanding.

Proverbs 6:20Observe thou, my son, the commandment of thy father, and do not decline from the instruction of thy mother:

Colossians 3:20Ye children! be obedient unto your parents in all things, for, this, is, well pleasing, in the Lord;

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 35:2-12

The Case of the Rechabites. ( b. c. 607.) 1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 2 Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the Lord , into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. 3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; 4 And I brought them into the house of the Lord , into the… Read the whole commentary →

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